Lumberman s apron



(No Model.)

A. LEVIN.

LUMBERMANS APRON. No. 396,282. Patented Jan. 15. 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER LEVIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LUMBERMANS APRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,282,-dated January 15, 1889. Application filed \Tune 15, 1888. Serial No. 277,263. (No model.)

To all 111700711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LEVIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lumberlnens Aprons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompan ying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in leather aprons as used by lumbermen, teamsters, &c., and generally suspended and secured to the body by a neck-strap and a waist-strap. With these aprons, from the inclining positions of the wearer, the neck-strap is liable to slip upward against the head and thereby to become inconvenient, and it has been the object of this my invention to obviate such sliding; and with that object in view my invention consists of an elastic strap connecting the neck-strap with the waist-strap in a manner to hold such neck-strap in the desired position close to the shoulders without impeding the movements of the wearer, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the apron as worn by a man, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the apron detached.

Corresponding letters of reference in both figures of the drawings designate like parts.

A denotes the apron, generally of leather, with the part protecting the lower body made wider than the part protecting the breast of the wearer.

B is the neck-strap, secured to the upper vend,which loopsof the opposite ends are passed over the neck-strap B and waist-strap C to couple both in a manner holding them a proper distance apart and thereby preventing the neck-strap from leaving its position close to the shoulders. The back-strap D, by its elasticity, at the same time will accommodate itself to the varying positions the wearer may have to assume during his work without discomfort to him.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The combination, with a lumbermans apron having neck-strap B and waist-strap C, of an elastic back-strap, D, connecting both straps B and C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a lumbermans apron having neck-strap B and waistrstrap C, of an elastic back-strap, D, provided with loops to its ends for coupling the straps B and C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER LEVIN. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM H. LOTZ, OTTO LUBKERT. 

